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Mining Deaths on Rise, 22 in First Half of 2014

Twenty-two miners were killed in accidents during the first half of 2014, compared to 18 in the first half of 2013 and 19 for the same period in 2012. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration on …

Accidents Killed 8 Miners Between January and March 2014

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is reporting that eight miners died in mine accidents in the first three months of 2014, three in coal mining accidents and the rest in metal and other mines. Joseph Main, the assistant …